Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araujo Monteiro
@fensg.upe.br
Professor de Magistério Superior/Faculdade de Enfermagem Nossa Senhora das Graças
Universidade de Pernambuco
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Nursing, Pediatrics
Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Bárbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão, Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Ana Márcia Nóbrega Dantas, Patrícia Josefa Fernandes Beserra, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: to develop a term bank for nursing clinical practice addressing violence against older adults, based on scientific literature. Method: this is a methodological, documentary study conducted in the following steps: identification of relevant terms for the target population and/or health priority, extracted from a scoping review using the PorOnto tool; and cross-mapping of the identified terms with those from the 2019/2020 version of the International Classification for Nursing Practice. The Content Validity Index was used for term validation. Variables related to participants were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: a total of 1,236 terms were identified, which were reduced to 704 after validation by seven judges. Subsequently, through cross-mapping, 293 terms were found to be present and 411 absent in the International Classification for Nursing Practice version 2019/2020. Conclusion: the study’s contributions emphasize the importance of strengthening specialized terminologies that address the needs of older adults in situations of violence. This term bank will support the development of new nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and intervention statements to enhance the care plan provided by the nursing team across all levels of complexity.
Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo Monteiro, Renata Clemente dos Santos, Wesley Ferreira de Moraes Brandão, Gabriela Maria Cavalcanti Costa, Ana Maria de Almeida, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the factors associated with elder abuse according to the levels of social determinants. Methodology This is a quantitative and multicentric study, with a cross-sectional cut. It was developed in two teaching hospitals in Paraíba, Brazil, with 323 older adults, from July 2019 to February 2020. Data were collected using the Hwalek–Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test and Conflict Tactics Scale-1 and then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results There was a significant association between risk for violence and female gender (p = 0.004), residing with grandchildren (p = 0.025), and having four or more comorbidities (p < 0.00). Physical violence was associated with income (p = 0.048). A positive correlation was observed between the number of comorbidities and the risk for violence score (p < 0.001), psychological violence (p = 0.004), and physical violence (p = 0.005). The probability of presenting a risk to violence increased by 2.08 times for women, 1.03 times for those who were illiterate, and 7.03 times for those with four or more comorbidities. Conclusion The social determinants of health that integrate the macrosystem, such as income and number of comorbidities, correlate with situations of violence.
Tamires Paula Gomes Medeiros, Igor de Sousa Nóbrega, Kalyne de Araújo Bezerra, Rafaella Queiroga Souto, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo Monteiro, Emanuella de Castro Marcolino, and Renata Clemente dos Santos Rodrigues
Escola de Enfoermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa
Objetivo: Realizar a análise do conceito de abuso sexual em crianças, identificando os possíveis atributos, antecedentes e consequências. Método: Foi conduzida uma análise de conceito, estruturada por meio de uma scoping review. A busca foi realizada em 6 bases de dados e, após análise, um total de 17 artigos foram incluídos. Resultados: Foram identificados, como antecedentes, crianças com idade acima de 8 anos, do sexo feminino, sendo o agressor frequentemente um parente da vítima ou até mesmo o próprio pai. Quanto aos atributos, foram identificadas alterações psicológicas, doenças sexualmente transmissíveis e gravidez indesejada. As consequências observadas foram predominantemente de natureza psicológica, incluindo depressão e comportamento suicida. Conclusão: No total, foram agrupados nove antecedentes que estão relacionados aos fatores que levam à vulnerabilidade do abuso. Além disso, foram identificados 11 atributos correspondentes aos sinais característicos que indicam que uma criança é vítima de abuso. Por fim, foram observadas 12 consequências decorrentes da violência sexual infantil.
Renata Clemente dos Santos Rodrigues, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Emanuella de Castro Marcolino, Bárbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão, Lindemberg Arruda Barbosa, Ronei Marcos de Moraes, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the internal consistency of instruments used in Brazil to measure situations of violence against the elderly in two states. Method: a cross-sectional study with 481 elderly people in two different samples, states, and time periods. Two instruments were used to measure violence against the elderly person. The data was analyzed and the internal consistency between the items was measured by the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Results: the Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test showed a coefficient of α = 0.08 for the sample collected in Paraíba, while in Pernambuco it was α = 0.57. The Conflict Tactics Scale was highly accurate in defining violence, with a coefficient of α = 0.81 and α = 0.80 for the two samples. Conclusions: only the Conflict Tactics Scale turned out to be reliable and stable for determining physical and psychological violence among the elderly, thus contributing as a way of uncovering the phenomenon.
Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Ana Márcia Nóbrega Dantas, Patrícia Josefa Fernandes Beserra, Ronei Marcos de Morais, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the concept of elder abuse and identify its respective antecedents, attributes and consequents. Methods: this is a conceptual analysis according to Walker and Avant’s proposition. The search for the concept was mediated by an integrative review in the LILACS, PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science and BDENF databases. Results: as antecedents, female, family member, low social support and low income or socioeconomic conditions stand out. Attributes were threats and/or intimidation, intentional use of physical force, using resources without authorization, unwanted sexual activity, offering low insufficient amount of nutrients for older adults and not meeting older adults’ affective/emotional needs. Consequents were psychological disorders, dependence on aggressors, environment of insecurity and damage/loss of human rights or human dignity. Final considerations: the phenomenon under discussion is broad and multifaceted, suggesting expansion of studies related to the theme in order to explore it in detail.
Jefferson da Silva Soares, Ana Carolina dos Santos, Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Barbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess the association between risk of violence and frailty syndrome among hospitalized older adults. Methods: quantitative, analytical and cross-sectional research, carried out with older adults in two university hospitals. Data collection was performed using the Brazil Old Age Schedule, Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test and Edmonton Frail Scale instruments. It was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results: risk of violence was higher among women (68.9%), over 70 years old (64.7%), with more than 3 years of study (68.9%), without relationship (67.1%), who do not work (65.1%) and with income above 1 minimum wage (65.2%). There is a significant association between risk of violence and frailty (72.3%; p<0.001) and a positive correlation between the instrument scores (r=0.350; p-value<0.001). Conclusions: risk of violence was associated with being female and frailty. The study is expected to encourage further discussions related to the theme and nursing practice.
Rafael da Costa Santos, Gleicy Karine Nascimento De Araújo-Monteiro, Matheus Farias Raposo, Angela Maria Henao Castaño, Betânia Maria Pereira dos Santos, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the relationship of general, physical, and psychological violence with depressive symptoms and cognition in the elderly. Methods: quantitative, cross-sectional study, carried out with 323 elders from the Brazilian northeast. Data collection used a sociodemographic instrument; the Conflict Tactics Scales Form R; the Geriatric Depression Scale; and the Mini-Mental State Examination. The analysis employed descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: as violence increases, so do the depressive symptoms; the opposite was true when comparing violence with cognitive involvement. There is a correlation between physical and psychological violence and depressive symptoms; more depressive elders are from 1.96 to 3.00 times more likely to be the victims of psychological and physical violence, respectively. Conclusions: general, physical, and psychological violence is associated with depressive symptoms; those with less cognitive alterations are more vulnerable to abuse. Elders with depressive symptoms are more likely to suffer psychological and physically violence.
Jefferson da Silva Soares, Ana Carolina dos Santos, Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Barbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess the association between risk of violence and frailty syndrome among hospitalized older adults. Methods: quantitative, analytical and cross-sectional research, carried out with older adults in two university hospitals. Data collection was performed using the Brazil Old Age Schedule, Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test and Edmonton Frail Scale instruments. It was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results: risk of violence was higher among women (68.9%), over 70 years old (64.7%), with more than 3 years of study (68.9%), without relationship (67.1%), who do not work (65.1%) and with income above 1 minimum wage (65.2%). There is a significant association between risk of violence and frailty (72.3%; p<0.001) and a positive correlation between the instrument scores (r=0.350; p-value<0.001). Conclusions: risk of violence was associated with being female and frailty. The study is expected to encourage further discussions related to the theme and nursing practice.
Kalyne Araújo Bezerra, Fihama Pires Nascimento, Igor de Sousa Nóbrega, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues, and Emanuella de Castro Marcolino
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: to estimate the prevalence of self-mutilation among adolescents and the factors that influence it. Method: this is a systematic review with meta-analysis. The search was carried out October 2021 in the following databases: SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE and PubMed databases, with the descriptors “Adolescente” and “Comportamento autodestrutivo” and “Adolescent” and “Self-destructive behavior”, combined by the Boolean operator “AND.” We included studies published between 2015 and 2021, quantitative, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, available in full. We excluded documents that did not contain the amount referring to adolescents who practiced self-mutilation, duplicate and review studies. Study selection was performed by pairs, removing duplicates and applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, reading titles, abstracts and full text. In the end, the sample consisted of 86 studies. Meta-analysis was performed using the R software through the elaboration of forest plot, heterogeneity test, funnel test and Egger’s test. Results: the prevalence of self-mutilation among adolescents averaged 21%, with the United States standing out with the highest percentage. Among the identified factors, older adolescents, female, economically disadvantaged, who experience family conflicts, with parents with low education, victims of violence and bullying and who have friends with suicidal behavior stood out. Conclusion: self-mutilation is socially determined so that its prevalence varies according to the integration between different factors. In this context, it is necessary for nursing professionals to offer emotional support to adolescents and their families.
Adriana Luna Pinto Dias, Fabrícia Alves Pereira, Cláudia Paloma de Lima Barbosa, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem
Objective: To analyze fall risk and its relationship with the frailty syndrome and sociodemographic variables in older adults. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, analytical and multicenter study, carried out in two university hospitals, from August 2019 to January 2020, with 323 older adults, using the Brazil Old Age Schedule (BOAS), for sociodemographic characterization, the Morse Fall Scale (MFS), to define fall risk, and the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), to identify the frailty syndrome. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: There was an association between fall risk and older adults aged over 70 years, with more than four preexisting diseases, without work activity, with cognitive impairment, poor general health status, with functional dependence in five to eight activities, using five or more medications, with weight loss, low functional performance, sad or depressed mood and with the installed frailty syndrome. Older adults who live alone, aged Descritores
Gabriele Santos do Nascimento, Vitória Ribeiro dos Santos, Emanuella de Castro Marcolino, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Ana Márcia Nóbrega Dantas, and Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues
Universidad de la Sabana
Objective: To analyze the concept of “Obstetric violence” in the Nursing context based on identifying its antecedents, attributes, and consequences. Materials and method: It is a conceptual analysis that follows the method proposed by the Walker and Avant model, which consists of eight stages. Six stages were used to contemplate the study objective, namely: selection of the concept; delimitation of the analysis objectives; identification of different uses of the concept in the literature; determination of the essential attributes; identification of the concept’s antecedents and consequents, and definition of the concept’s empirical references. Results: The sample was comprised of 22 studies. A total of 31 antecedents were evidenced: 24 attributes for physical violence; 35 for psychological/emotional violence; 6 for institutional and sexual violence, and 5 for structural violence. Regarding the consequences, 39 elements were found. Conclusions: The study contributes to Nursing science, research, and clinical practice, providing scientific support with a deep discussion of the phenomenon and presenting the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of obstetric violence in detail. It enables Nursing professionals to recognize the empirical indicators of the concept; thus, it is likely that they will have more knowledge that will lead them to more precise Nursing care, in addition to subsidies to prevent obstetric violence.
Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues, Bárbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Emanuella de Castro Marcolino, Ronei Marcos de Moraes, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: to map assessment tools for elder abuse and determine the psychometric properties of each one. Method: scoping review developed according to recommendations of the JBI Institute Reviewer’s Manual in databases and gray literature. Results: seventeen tools were identified for measuring situations of elder abuse. They were categorized into 1) Tools for assessment of risk for abuse, and 2) Tools for identification of abuse. According to risk for abuse, Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale was the most prevalent in the literature, with factorial analysis acceptable through four domains, and good internal reliability (0,74). Therefore, Assessment Tool for Domestic Elder Abuse comprises the assessment of six types of elder abuse; however, the study shows psychometric limitation since the internal structure was not evaluated by validity evidences. Conclusion: seventeen tools to determine the occurrence or risk for elder abuse were identified with different psychometric properties. We recommend the use of more than one of the tools identified for an appropriate measurement of elder abuse situations given the complexity of the phenomenon and the lack of a single instrument that contemplates all its consequences and forms of expression.
Maria Luísa Cabral da Cunha, Tamires Paula Gomes Medeiros, Igor de Sousa Nóbrega, Kalyne Araújo Bezerra, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo Monteiro, Emanuella de Castro Marcolino, Maria Cidney da Silva Soares, and Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues
Escola de Enfoermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa
Objetivo: avaliar a relação entre a violência e a qualidade de vida de mulheres isoladas socialmente em decorrência da COVID-19. Método: estudo transversal, quantitativo, desenvolvido em Campina Grande – PB, Brasil. A amostra constituiu-se de mulheres maiores de 18 anos, em isolamento social pela COVID-19. Utilizaram-se três instrumentos para coleta de dados, estes analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e inferencial, sendo adotado significância p<0,05. Resultados: houve predominância de mulheres com baixa qualidade de vida (53,1%) e vítimas de violência psicológica (61,1%). A relação da violência física, psicológica e geral apresentou significância estatística entre todos os domínios de qualidade de vida nos testes de correlação de Spearman (p<0,05) e de comparação de Mann Whitney (p<0,05). Conclusão: o desfecho da violência física e psicológica relaciona-se de forma negativa nos aspectos físicos, psicológicos, relações sociais e meio ambiente da qualidade de vida de mulheres isoladas socialmente em decorrência da COVID-19.
Renata Clemente dos Santos-Rodrigues, Bárbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Emanuella de Castro Marcolino, Ronei Marcos de Moraes, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: to map assessment tools for elder abuse and determine the psychometric properties of each one. Method: scoping review developed according to recommendations of the JBI Institute Reviewer’s Manual in databases and gray literature. Results: seventeen tools were identified for measuring situations of elder abuse. They were categorized into 1) Tools for assessment of risk for abuse, and 2) Tools for identification of abuse. According to risk for abuse, Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale was the most prevalent in the literature, with factorial analysis acceptable through four domains, and good internal reliability (0,74). Therefore, Assessment Tool for Domestic Elder Abuse comprises the assessment of six types of elder abuse; however, the study shows psychometric limitation since the internal structure was not evaluated by validity evidences. Conclusion: seventeen tools to determine the occurrence or risk for elder abuse were identified with different psychometric properties. We recommend the use of more than one of the tools identified for an appropriate measurement of elder abuse situations given the complexity of the phenomenon and the lack of a single instrument that contemplates all its consequences and forms of expression.
Jefferson Da Silva Soares, José Soleniel da Costa Ferreira, Gleicy Karine Nascimento Araújo-Monteiro, Rafaella Queiroga Souto, and João Euclides Fernandes Braga
Universidade de Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Objetivo: analisar a relação entre o estado cognitivo, o nível de capacidade funcional e os fatores socioeconômicos entre pessoas idosas institucionalizadas. Métodos: estudo quantitativo, transversal, desenvolvido com pessoas idosas em Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos (ILPI). Os instrumentos utilizados: questionário Brazil Old Age Schedule; Mini exame do Estado Mental; escalas de Atividades Avançadas de Vida Diária, Atividades Instrumentais de Vida Diária e Atividades Básicas de Vida Diária. A análise foi realizada através de estatística descritiva e estatística inferencial. Resultados: predominou o déficit cognitivo entre pessoas idosas do sexo masculino (50,0%), até 70 anos (57,1%), alfabetizados (58,6%), em um relacionamento (66,7%), sem filhos (60,5%) e com renda superior a um salário mínimo (66,7%). A maioria das pessoas idosas com déficit tem menor nível nas atividades avançadas (71,9%), independência nas atividades instrumentais (55,6%) e dependência nas atividades básicas (71,1%). Conclusão: o déficit cognitivo relaciona-se com a capacidade funcional, sendo menor em pessoas idosas com maior nível de independência e mais ativos.
Wesley Ferreira de Moraes Brandão, Matheus Araruna de Souza, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo, Renata Clemente dos Santos, Luana Rodrigues de Almeida, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the prevalence of violence among elderly community members and its relationship with nutritional status and sociodemographic characteristics. Method: Cross-sectional and analytical study developed with 159 community elderly registered at a Family Health Unit in Recife/Pernambuco between March 2016 and March 2017. The Brazil Old Age Schedule, Conflict Tactics Scales and Mini Nutritional Assessment were used as data collection instruments. Data received descriptive and inferential statistical treatment. Results: Among the elderly classified as with violence, there was a predominance of psychological violence (64.3%), and the majority were at risk for malnutrition (54.3%). There was an association between ‘having a partner’ and psychological (48.1%; p=0.02) and physical (48.1%; p=0.03) violence. Logistic regression demonstrated that being in a relationship or being malnourished increases the likelihood of suffering psychological violence (OR=2.63; OR=3.67), just as not being working increases the likelihood of physical violence (OR=5.61). Conclusion: Violence was negatively related to the nutritional status of elderly community members.
Bárbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão Brandão, Renata Clemente dos Santos, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Alan Dionizio Carneiro, Fabíola de Araújo Leite Medeiros, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the risk of violence associated to functional capacity and sociodemographic characteristics of hospitalized elderly.
METHOD
Quantitative, cross-sectional, multicenter study conducted with elderly receiving care at university hospitals of the municipalities of João Pessoa and Campina Grande, in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. The scales Katz and Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test were applied. The data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics using Chi-squared Pearson test, Spearman correlation test, and multiple logistic regression.
RESULTS
The participating elderly amounted to 323. The risk of violence was predominant among female elders aged 60 to 70 who are unable to read or write, live with someone, perform no labor activity, and whose income is higher than a minimum wage. Elders who were dependent for basic and instrumental activities presented a 2.11 score (Confidence Interval = 1.22-3.64; p = 0.000) and 1.70 (1.01-2.85; p = 0.044) and a higher risk of violence.
CONCLUSION
Elders who depended on other people to perform both complex and basic activities are the most exposed to situations of violence.
Rute Costa Régis de Sousa, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Rafaella Queiroga Souto, Renata Clemente dos Santos, Cláudia Quézia Amado Monteiro Leal, and Neyce de Matos Nascimento
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the interventions proposed in the literature aimed at preventing elder abuse among community-residing elders. Method: This was a mixed-methods systematic review that followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols checklist. The protocol of this systematic review was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews. We included studies published between January 2004 and December 2019 in the databases: LILACS, IBECS, CUMED, CINAHL, MEDLINE and SciELO. The methodological quality of each study included was performed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Results: Seven studies formed the final sample. Two groups emerged after the analyses: the primary level intervention group, which used health education and coexisting elder abuse groups; and the secondary intervention level, focused mostly on the mental health care of victims of elder abuse. Conclusion: There is still a shortage of intervention studies to prevent elder abuse. All the studies selected had a positive outcome, and all interventions can be implemented in nursing care practice.
Emelly Kerolayne do Amaral Ribeiro, Renata Clemente dos Santos, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro, Bárbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão, Jéssyka Chaves da Silva, and Rafaella Queiroga Souto
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with the burnout syndrome and quality of life among nursing professionals. Methods: Cross-sectional, analytical study, developed with 83 professionals in emergency care units in the city of Campina Grande-PB. A questionnaire was used to characterize the sample, the Maslach Burnout Inventory scale and the SF-36. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Most professionals showed low professional effectiveness (78.3; n=65), average depersonalization (53.0%; n=44) and average emotional exhaustion (55.4%; n=46). There was a statistical difference between the scores of the syndrome and the pain (p=0.03), vitality (p=0.04) and social aspect (p=0.03); significant correlation between the syndrome and vitality (p<0.001), mental health (p=0.01) and general quality of life (p=0.04). Conclusion: The burnout syndrome has an influence on the outcome of quality of life of nursing professionals, being more prevalent among professionals with older age, high income and among nurses.
Rute Costa Régis De Sousa, Gleicy Karine Nascimento De Araújo, Rafaella Queiroga Souto, Renata Clemente Dos Santos, Rafael Da Costa Santos, and Luana Rodrigues de Almeida
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Objective: to identify the factors associated with the risk of violence against older adult women. Method: this is a quantitative, analytical, and cross-sectional research conducted with 122 older adult females in the city of Recife, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Data collection was carried out using validated instruments adapted to Brazil. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (absolute and relative frequency) and inferential statistics (Pearson’s chi- square, Spearman’s correlation test, and Multiple Logistic Regression). Results: there was prevalence of a risk of abuse against older adult women under 70 years of age, literate, without a stable relationship, living alone, without any work activity, and who had an income higher than the minimum wage. There is a significant association between the risk of violence among older women with a higher number of chronic health conditions (24; 77.4%), and who are less active in advanced activities (42; 70.0%). A reduction in quality of life and satisfaction with life, and the onset of depressive symptoms, increase the risk of violence. Conclusion: multimorbidity, low functional capacity, depressive symptoms, low quality of life and low satisfaction with life, a high number of chronic conditions, depressive symptoms, and functional dependence to perform daily activities can be conditioning factors for the emergence of abuse against older adults.
Rute Costa Régis De Sousa, Gleicy Karine Nascimento De Araújo, Rafaella Queiroga Souto, Renata Clemente Dos Santos, Rafael Da Costa Santos, and Luana Rodrigues de Almeida
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Objective: to identify the factors associated with the risk of violence against older adult women. Method: this is a quantitative, analytical, and cross-sectional research conducted with 122 older adult females in the city of Recife, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Data collection was carried out using validated instruments adapted to Brazil. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (absolute and relative frequency) and inferential statistics (Pearson’s chi- square, Spearman’s correlation test, and Multiple Logistic Regression). Results: there was prevalence of a risk of abuse against older adult women under 70 years of age, literate, without a stable relationship, living alone, without any work activity, and who had an income higher than the minimum wage. There is a significant association between the risk of violence among older women with a higher number of chronic health conditions (24; 77.4%), and who are less active in advanced activities (42; 70.0%). A reduction in quality of life and satisfaction with life, and the onset of depressive symptoms, increase the risk of violence. Conclusion: multimorbidity, low functional capacity, depressive symptoms, low quality of life and low satisfaction with life, a high number of chronic conditions, depressive symptoms, and functional dependence to perform daily activities can be conditioning factors for the emergence of abuse against older adults.
Renata Clemente dos Santos, Rejane Maria de Paiva Menezes, Rafaella Queiroga Souto, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo, Emanuella de Castro Marcolino, Maria Cidney da Silva Soares, and Jank Landy Simôa Almeida
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to analyze the association between frailty syndrome as a risk factor associated with violence in older adults. Method A cross-sectional study, carried out with older adults, in an emergency care unit of a northeastern Brazilian city was conducted. Three instruments were used: a form for sample characterization (i.e., demographics) and two more scales, namely, the Edmonton Frail Scale and the Hwalek–Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test. The results were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics, using chi-square or Fisher's exact tests, Spearman's correlation test, and simple logistic regression. Results The sample included 146 older adults who were over 70 years old (56.6%), male (56.2%), and at risk of violence (69.86%). Among the categorical variables, there was an association between risk and being of a higher age (80.7%, p < 0.001), unemployed (73.7%, p < 0.05), having more than six children (80.8%, p < 0.05), and frail older adults (88.1%, p < 0.001). There was a correlation (p < 0.05) between the numerical variables of the scales of violence and frailty, with a coefficient of 0.40. The simple logistic regression model showed that frailty syndrome increases the risk of violence among older adults. Conclusions It was concluded that frailty is a factor that increases the occurrence of risk of violence and provides information to guide nursing action in the field of forensic sciences.
Gildiane Siqueira Ferreira, Rafaella Queiroga Souto, Sandra Aparecida de Almeida, Gerson Da Silva Ribeiro, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo, and Rafael Da Costa Santos
Universidade de Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Objetivo: identificar a prevalência de resiliência em idosos comunitários e sua relação com o apoio social e a satisfação com a vida. Método: estudo transversal, realizado com 159 idosos. Os dados foram obtidos por meio das escalas de Resiliência, Apoio Social e Satisfação com a vida. Resultados: apresentaram baixa resiliência os idosos do sexo feminino, com idade mais avançada, que não sabem ler e escrever, solteiros, residem sozinho, não trabalham, recebem até um salário mínimo, estão insatisfeitos com a vida e apresentam alto apoio social. Os idosos insatisfeitos tem 4,72 vezes mais probabilidade de apresentar baixo nível de resiliência. Foram encontradas correlações positivas entre a resiliência e o apoio social (p=0,022) e entre satisfação com a vida e a resiliência (p=0,000). Conclusão: a resiliência esteve relacionada com o apoio social e satisfação com a vida. ABSTRACTObjective: to identify the prevalence of resilience in older community members, and its relationship with social support and life satisfaction. Method: in this cross-sectional study of 159 older adults, data were obtained using Resilience, Social Support and Life Satisfaction scales. Results: low resilience was found in older adults who were female, older, single, lived alone, could not read and write, did not work, received up to 1 minimum wage, were dissatisfied with life, and had strong social support. Resilience was 4.72 times more likely to be low in dissatisfied older adults. Positive correlations were found between resilience and social support (p = 0.022), and between life satisfaction and resilience (p = 0.000). Conclusion: resilience was related to social support and life satisfaction.RESUMENObjetivo: identificar la prevalencia de la resiliencia en los miembros mayores de la comunidad y su relación con el apoyo social y la satisfacción con la vida. Método: en este estudio transversal de 159 adultos mayores, los datos se obtuvieron mediante escalas de Resiliencia, Apoyo Social y Satisfacción con la Vida. Resultados: se encontró baja resiliencia en adultos mayores que eran mujeres, mayores, solteros, vivían solos, no sabían leer ni escribir, no trabajaban, recibían hasta 1 salario mínimo, estaban insatisfechos con la vida y tenían un fuerte apoyo social. La resiliencia tenía 4,72 veces más probabilidades de ser baja en los adultos mayores insatisfechos. Se encontraron correlaciones positivas entre resiliencia y apoyo social (p = 0.022), y entre satisfacción con la vida y resiliencia (p = 0.000). Conclusión: la resiliencia se relacionó con el apoyo social y la satisfacción con la vida.
Rafael da Costa Santos, Rafaella Queiroga Souto, Ana Maria de Almeida, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo, Rute Costa Régis de Sousa, and Renata Clemente dos Santos
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify, among elderly people victims of violence, factors associated with depressive symptoms and cognitive function. Method: This was a cross-sectional study carried out with 56 elderly people classified in situation of violence. To do so it was used the Brazil Old Age Shedule (BOAS), the Conflict Tactics Scales Form R, the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and the Mini-mental State examination (MMSE). Results: Depressive symptoms were more predominant in elderly men, over 70 years old, without partner, illiterate, with no job, receiving up to 1 minimum wage and who lived alone; and the cognitive deficit prevailed in women, over 70 years old, without partner, illiterate, who did not work, receiving up to 1 minimum wage and who lived alone. Conclusion: Among the elderly population victim of violence, lack of a partner and cognitive impairment were associated to depressive symptoms; and finding themselves living alone, with no partner and being illiterate were associated to cognitive deficit.